Wednesday, October 14, 2015

OK, so it's been two months since I've
done an issue of this. Good money is you want to know what I've got
to show for it.

The Solomon Ring. That's all I've got
for it. The Solomon Ring.

It's not that I haven't been playing,
or at least trying to. What I've been trying to do is the Doomtrain
side quest. Getting the Solomon Ring is easy enough, but it's only
part of the equation in this thing. We also need six Marlboro
tentacles, six remedy plus, and six steel pipes to get Doomtrain to
come help us. From what I understand, this is a good Guardian Force
to have. Unfortunately, it's a real pain in the ass to get, and I'm
not sure it's really worth the effort.

What makes this thing so damned
frustrating to do is that not only did the game designers go for the
whole six six six thing like a bunch of giggling middle school boys
who think they're being clever, but the specific items needed to pull
it off are harder than necessary to come by unless you're on your
second full playthrough of this game and happen to know to get them
when it's easiest.

Even that's not entirely true. The
Marlboro tentacles can be dropped by or stolen from Marlboros, which
can be found in Eshtar. The thing there is, they're only found in
maybe one battle in fifty, and then trying to fight them is like
trying to stop a train with a scrap of paper. The remedy plus is a
potion that needs to be refined with an ability that Alexander
learns, but I haven't taught it that yet. And the steel pipes, well,
I'm clueless there.

With all that in mind, I suppose I
should just try to continue on with the main story, but at this
point, it's been long enough that I barely even remember where I'm
supposed to go to do that. Fortunately, these things do serve as
notes, so I may as well make use of them next time I decide to give
this another shot.

I'm just at a point where if it looks
like it's going to be another two months between these, I'll just
officially call it quits. I'm not going to just yet, but maybe soon,
I fear.